Bringing you The New + The Next is in OZY's DNA. Today, we look at why future tech founders won't need coders from the start, meet two women goading the mining industry to become fairer and greener (pictured), introduce you to the robots who might win Grammys soon, and more.
| Launching tech startups has long been tough and expensive unless founders knew coding. Now that's changing. Around the world, many founders have an idea for a website, app or digital product but get stuck on the technical aspects. Traditionally, building your own digital product was a hassle. You had to learn how to code, build a mobile app and often host your product on servers — or hire others with that expertise or those resources. That costs money. Unsurprisingly, many founder teams have had at least one member who is a programmer, and technical CEOs like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg dominate in Silicon Valley. Now a growing range of no-code tools is changing that. These are online tools that allow budding founders to build a quick version of their idea without writing a single line of code. | READ NOW |
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| | Mexican consultants Mónica Cantú and Vivian Heredia are on the verge of certifying the first "responsible" mine in the Western Hemisphere. Minerals and metals are in everything we use. From the gold connectors inside smartphones and the aluminum in refrigerators to the fluoride in toothpaste, we depend on mining companies’ extractive operations far more than we might realize. Behind such operations is an industry with a record of repression of workers, fouling the environment and displacing rural peoples. It doesn’t have to be this way, says Mónica Cantú, a 45-year-old psychologist spearheading a groundbreaking effort to raise the standard for mining companies in her native Mexico. Along with her business partner, Vivian Heredia, Cantú is inches away from certifying the first “responsible mine” in the Western Hemisphere — an unprecedented move meant to disrupt mining across the world by forcing companies to enact environmental and humanitarian protections. | READ NOW |
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| | Demar Pitman has come up with a novel way to track the racial discipline gap. |
| | Generative music might soon be a central part of what you listen to. |
| | This new order-ahead app allows on-campus students to get their takeout faster, and with benefits. |
| | Peter Landschützer is at the forefront of research into how the remote, carbon-absorbing Southern Ocean affects Earth’s climate. |
| | Telebehavioral health options give senior patients the ability to manage medication and mental health challenges — which can lead to a better overall quality of life, as well as a more positive health outlook. |
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